Posted on 06/20/2023 7:47:04 PM PDT by bitt
No doubt about that. While I don’t revel in that, I just know it is true.
That is very interesting. Thanks for sharing :)
Indeed.
My pleasure- it seems and feels very odd for me to write positive things about China after my previous trips over the last two decades. Things here have changed dramatically.
In 2005 there was a made for TV movie, Human Trafficking, ( with Donald Sutherland briefly) it was stark and realistic, a hard hitting synopsis of trafficking.
It is worth a watch.
And rightly so.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jun/20/john-griffin-ex-cnn-producer-sentenced-to-19-years/
Ex-CNN producer sentenced to 19 years for luring 9-year-old into sex acts
Well that’s good to hear. What do you think the main reason is for the change? Excuse my ignorance but do a good many of them speak English?
He was good in ‘Person of Interest’
But as a rule I don’t listen to actors for advice or anything else.
I experienced a lot of aggression and rudeness along with conversational stupidity beyond belief. Herds of heavily tatted land whales lumbering about. People dressed like clowns, crazy colored hair, women tatted up like circus freaks. Standing in line at the grocery store, I saw tons of massively overweight immigrants, shopping carts filled to the brim, paying with EBT cards and vouchers.Ugh.
The whole place reeked of a lack of civility and dignity. It had a vibe of a busted out, sinking, grubby has-been place. And man oh man, everything was crazily expensive, something which has gotten a lot worse since my visit. How the hell are people surviving that?
I'm sure there are still places in the 'States where things are more civil and "Old School," but what I saw, from the time I stood in line in Rome to hop the flight to Boston until I left to return, wasn't encouraging.
Here in Sicily it's God and family. The old are cared for and respected, young folks respect their elders and each other, you don't hear "m*therf*cker" (or its Italian equivalent) every other word when someone speaks, you don't see herds of tatt-covered land whales lumbering around, no street crime to speak of, there's no LGBTQWERT nonsense nor is there the in-your-face aggression and anger I found rife back in the 'States. Church bells ring every day and, by and large, the people still believe in the supremacy of God, rather than in the "supremacy" of themselves.
What the hell happened to America?
There are no homeless or drug addicts because the government likely disappeared them.
What the hell happened to America?
LIBERALISM happened. Not overnight, of course, it took decades. And it’s not over yet…
I have family who are going to Sicily in August to visit our grandparents’ home town. I can’t afford the trip, otherwise I’d love to go.
My wife has a cousin in Sambuca who has offered to put us up if we ever go.
I’m sure my family members (some of them are strong democrats) are going to have a rude awakening when they return home…
Marxism happened, under the name of "Liberalism".
- politicians and so-called
- “judges” and
- “prosecutors” and
- “cops”
. . . who looked the other way - REPEATEDLY - as young children were human-trafficked to sexual destruction. A mixed bag of such networks “servicing” locations around New York City out to a radius the length of Long Island.
I see an extensive tax audit in Caviezels future.
Makes me sick to my stomach!
This wouldn’t surprise me at all today.
I'll bet they will be shell-shocked when they return to the US and they will start dreaming of moving here.
It's another world out here; a peaceful, "Old School" world steeped in 3,000 years of history. And it is stunningly beautiful, raw place with endless beaches and beautiful, unspoiled countryside.
It's a shame you can't visit with your relatives. Airfare is what it is but once you get here food's very inexpensive and excellent and the wine is cheap and good. (~$4 for 1/2 gallon of good, potent table wine).
Wish I could chip in and help you get here. Maybe your relatives would be kind and generous enough to do that? If so, let me know and we'll meet up here.
Thanks, but I’m going to stay here. My wife’s cousin and husband were married here, but moved back to the Homeland and have no intention of leaving, they love it there too much. Like you said life is just better there.
My wife was there back in the ‘70s, and still talks about it.
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